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Analysis of Physical Fitness Indicators and Metabolic Risk in University Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic with the Support of a Technological Platform

Abstract:

With the arrival of the pandemic, we proposed to analyze indicators of physical condition and metabolic risk in university students in Ecuador to establish prevention strategies. A cross-sectional study was applied in a sample of 400 university students in Ecuador (77.3% male and 22.7% female). Physical fitness and metabolic risk indicators were assessed using the R-Fit physical fitness and metabolic risk assessment platform. The body composition parameters calculated were waist circumference, fat percentage, muscle mass, residual mass and visceral fat, allowing categorization of metabolic risk levels. The results between the groups by sex determined statistically significant differences at a level of P ≤ 0.05, in all body composition parameters, with higher percentages in risk levels in the male sex. In relation to the level of metabolic risk, no significant differences were observed at a level of P ≥ 0.05, showing that in the risk levels the female group was found and in the elite levels mostly the male group. It is concluded that the R-Fit platform determines several parameters for the study of body composition and metabolic risk, analyzes very large samples and in a simple manner, allows categorization and application of statistics in relation to metabolic risk.